The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-12-24
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/, We noV0 oItedOy NsoSuooSss s : -
rant disregard Of petitions by white t
Democrats, the wanton and dehant q
haste with which the sscut and dry"
ring convention was called, and the
gross .AIesality Of. the Hudson Exscu.
tive Committee We have also pointsd
out, to some extern, the character q
the nominations made by the rine.
we now propose to refer to a few facsp |
In the history of Ouachita politics to
establish the selfish and voracious |
greedlnees of the ring. +
{ In 1879 the sheriff was nominated
nom the Ord ward and there was % /
understanding that II we were SUCCESS
ful at that election, the sheriff should
b. taken from the 4th ward at the next
electiop. The immense and just claims
|oi ward 4 were recognized In those
days. The fight for white supremacy
began there at Q time when WARDS
aud were submissive to the radical
yoke. The men OF ward 4 were pio-
neers in the Ouachita movement and
they made glorious record In tho
forefront of early battle sgatnst Radi"
eallsun. Tho names Of Faux, ana
Cam, and Garrett, and Lacy, and De-
lGranenrled are inseparably connected
with the brightest achievements Of
Ouachita heroism, and Gov. McEnery
Ia bis speech at Monroe could not refer
10 that period without mentioning
Ward 4. But when 1878 rolled around
the Great Ouachita Ring had been or
ean,zed and 30 they took all the officers
from ward 8 and entirely ignored ward
IA. There was considerable kicking at
such treatment, but the men Of ward 4,
for the sake of principle alone, rallied
to the support of the nominees and
brought them through. In 1880, the
ring, grown insolent by success. again
, spurned the claims of ward 4 and took
full ticket from ward 8. This thing
began to hurt and prove tiresome, and
In 1884 the ring listened to the voice Of
discretion and gave one minor place on
: the ticket to ward 4. But this conces-
sion exhausted the rings liberality.
. In defiance of the principle OF rotation
, in ONCE, in defiance Of the plainest die
tstes of common justice and fair-deal-
ing, the ring have again taken all these
: nominees from wards and 1-for 1t
4 must be we'll understood that the ring
Q is com posed of men who live In these
t 1.-two wards. They have strikers and
supple tools In other wards but thu
simmer Circle" s'the governing caste,'
u does not extend 80 far.
= This Is the way in which the rint
3 has treated ward 4, where many Of th'
y wealthiest planters live. How has thu
Irinp treated ward 5, where many o
, the braves, and truest spirits In Ouach
= tia live? The ring could not spare an!
j, of the spoils to ward 8. And the Hills
- the glorious Hills, Of which we hear'
80 much in the beginning OF this cam
paigu, have they any representation Of
the ring ticket? Not bit Of 1t. Thes
gentlemen of the Hills cannot be trustee
:. by the ring TIili-men do not know
~ the Interests Of planters, forsooth
Therefore, to give them any part il
governing this free parish would injur
=. the planters of wards 8 and 1. The In
n. terests of the planters of ward coun
Va for nothing! Such is the fatal logic b
,e which these misguided men are led
form close corporation to perpetual
the power of a greedy ring.
le Surely the facts we have narrate
m must convince every doubling ma
rs that it is his duty to join the organize
ca movement to defeat this consciencele
" ring-this desperate set OF politician
who propose that everybody shall ben
the neck 10 them and wear their cola
ed The rule OF such men cannot BIZ frui
h. full of good. Their continuance
A power means permanent injury to eve,
IL material and moral interest in our pa
nd ish. We have shown that their nom
nations were made by underneath
unfair and revolutionary methods ar
'u' hence not binding on any good Dem
10 crat. Their ticket Is the result Of usu
ISL patton, and every sentiment OF ma
ID hood demands that we should owe
'p- throw 1t.